Discuss your Epik Experience!

[dande]

I think Epik is building the best ever Domain Lander in the history of domaining, and it really needs to be talked about extensively. That's why I am creating this discussion thread. A lot of thought process really goes into the project. And I can see (for the first time) a landing page that is built from the stand point of domainers rather than for just the marketplace itself.

Everything you have ever dreamt of getting or seeing in a professional landing page can be found in the new Epik marketplace landing page design.

Some of my Favorites Features:

1. The ability to optimize your "domain for sale" landing page to actually rank on Google, displaying your sales pitch/domain description. I just did that with few of my generic domain names such as ASAP.TV, targeting certain keywords, and they are showing pretty well on Google. That's a huge plus in my marketing effort.

2. Being able to change background image is another huge one for me. If you are good with pictures and images, you will surely find this very useful. I did that with Nagasaki.org and the result was truly amazing, showing the city of Nagasaki right at the background.

There are too many positive features and I don't want to mention all of them, all alone

So I am leaving you guys to share and discuss what you loves most or dislike about the new Epik marketplace and the landing pages.

The only negative for me is the checkout process. There are too many terms and conditions buttons to tick before checking out. It will be nice if they can streamline those into one beautiful big button

They also need to place the checkout button directly under the payment options. Right now it is awkwardly place somewhere below at the sidebar, which I don't find cool at all.

Sales experience is also welcomed in this discussion. I haven't had any sells so far at Epik because I started using the marketplace just recently, but the future is looking so bright.

 

[Rob Monster]

I noticed recently that Epik has masked the buyer's IP and email from the landing page which is quite disappointing. I purposely moved a large of my domains to Epik landers due to this benefit but I guess I'll have to find other alternatives.

Any reason for the change @Rob Monster @ncabete

There's a time when Rob has been very fond of the landing page on how Epik shows complete transparency to seller and buyer. Sadly this has come to an end.

Let's see:

1. Registrant owns hundreds of domains, none of which are registered at Epik.

2. Registrant has domains powered by Epik landers for free and receives offers.

3. Registrant has never cleared a domain sale via Epik marketplace.

I do realize that some folks think we are running a charity at Epik, and in many ways we are charitable. At the same time, the modest commissions on marketplace and escrow from domain sales is what funds operations.

The freeloaders in the industry are what break the system for everyone else. The folks that were and are self-governing are able to see the full CRM as before.

It is truly a pity because I very much agree that showing full contact details equips sellers with a better ability to manage pricing strategy as well as follow up via email, phone and SMS.

 

[Rob Monster]

Despite this, the NamePros Award is still on your homepage, even though you had said earlier in an angry mood that you would remove it at the start of this year. So apparently you are not that unhappy with NamePros. You even promote them.

We earned that accolade and have improved further since then. I remain hopeful that the biased moderation will go away though and that NamePros will once again be worthy. We did acquire a competing forum just in case and this is being independently run by some lovely people who have no editorial bias.

 

[topdom]

Someone should hack Epik and publish "buyer info" for each inquiry.
What is the point of asking buyer info, if domain owner won't see it.
And they are not even buyers yet and most of the time.

Registrar part was good/great (except the leak), until today.
Today it is extremely slow.